Oil-burner



(No Model.) l Y W. A. MYERS.

OIL BURNER.

No. 45s-,346;

PatentedJune 2', 1891.`

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IYILLIAM A. MYERS, OF BOLIVAR, NEIV YORK.

OIL-BURNER.'v

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent'No. 453,346, dated June 2, 1891.

Application ined November 28,1590, sti-ni naevaeov, (No mdem To all whom t may concern: A

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. MYERS, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Bolivar, in the county of Allegany and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Oil-Burners; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings represents a longitudinal section of my invention; Fig. 2, an end view thereof; Fig. 3, a detail sectional view, on an enlarged scale, of the dischargeend of the device where the oil-gas and heat medium mix and mingle together.

The present invention has for its object to provide a simple and effective means of producing gas fromv oil or other like fatty substances to be used as a gaseous fuel for heating purposes, which objects I attain by the the construction substantially as shown in in the drawings, and hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the outer cylinder or pipe, to the endsV of which are 'connected the reducing-head B and the coupling-head C. I have shown in the present instance screw-threads on the ends of the pipe or cylinder for engaging screw-threads on the heads above described 5 but, if preferred, the pipe or cylinder may be cast with the heads al1 in 011e piece. As this difference of construction is not material and would come within ordinary mechanical skill, I reserve the right to make any changes in the details of construction not aecting the principle of the invention.

The head C has interior screwthreads for connecting therewith the extension or conducting chamber D and perforated diaphragm E, the perforations a therein being arranged as shown in Fig. 2. This diaphragm E has a screw-openin g extending centrally through it for connecting therewith the screw-threaded end of a longitudinal pipe F, the opposite screw-threaded end of said pipe engaging with interior screw-threads on the reducinghead B, whereby the pipe is held centrally in the outer pipe or cylinder A.

A pipe 'G is located within the pipe F, and its length is somewhat greater than the former-mentioned pipe, so that its ends which are screw-threaded will extend beyond the same and have' connected to them, respectively, a screw-couplingb and discharge-head H for the steam. This .discharge-head H has interior screw-threads to engage with the projecting ends of the pipe F, to which it is coupled, thereby being supported by both the pipes by its screw connections therewith. The perforations c d in the head H extend at an angle from the horizontal and in opposite directions, as shown more clearly in. Fig. 3, the advantages of which will be hereinafter described.

The reducing-head B has perforations e, and connected to the screw-threaded end of the pipe F and to the screw-coupling b is a ply passes through the-pipe G the steam from the source of supply passes through the pipe F, thereby the oil in the pipe is generated into vapor-gas before it leaves said pipe. As the gas' or vapors are being generated, the steam passing out through the perforations in the head I-I forms avacuum and draws the air through the openings or perforations' e into the pipe A. The air as it thus passes into and through the pipe A. becomes of the same temperature as the steam and oil in the pipes F G,.r espectively, and as the heated air passes out through the perforations a in the diaphragm E it becomes mingledand mixed with the gases generated and forms a perfect combustion in the conducting-chamber D, where it can be utilized as fuel. The supply of air to the pipe A may be increased by removing the plugs g in the head C, thereby diminishing the heat by an additional supply of cold air or increasing the heat by asupply IOO of hot air, as circumstances require, the hot air coming `from a furnace or other heat-generating device. It will be noticed that the perforations in the head I-I are disposed on 5 an angle to a horizontal and extend in opposite directions to each other, so that the jets of steam as they pass out will cross each other at an angle, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 3. A funnel-shaped space is presented 1o to the front end of the pipe G by the intermingling and crossing of the steam-jets, so that the vapor as it passes out of the pipe will come in direct contact with the steam around the funnel-shaped space and bennest 15 thoroughly mixed therewith. Theinnerones of the perforations, as shown at d, not only act in conjunction with the outer perforations c for the purpose above described, but the steam-jets passing therefrom will imzo pingeagainst the interior sides of the conducting-chamber D, which will produce a vacuum necessary to draw the air through the perforations c into 'the pipe A.

Having` nor fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by z 5 Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with the outer air-supply pipe, the perforated reducing-head, the coupling-head and extension, and the perforated diaphragm within the coupling-head, of 3o the central oil-pipe, the intermediate steampipe, and the perforated head secured to the steam-pipe and to the oil-pipe, and the steam and oil inlets at right angles to each other, the said head being provided with perforations 35 extending both at an angle to the horizontal and in opposite directions to each other, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed mynamein the presence 4o of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM A. MYERS.

Witnesses:

CHAs. 1I. FoWLEi-z, E. M DAWSON. 

